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en-GBSun, 02 Aug 2015 23:24:47 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2015 10:13:23 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssvintagetrade@randomhouse.co.ukAmber 2 CMSRainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies by Peter Marren (Hardback)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/0224098659/peter-marren/rainbow-dust-three-centuries-of-delight-in-british-butterflies/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/0224098659/Rainbow Dust explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. In this uniquely eloquent and deeply personal book, naturalist Peter Marren explores the special place that butterflies hold in our hearts, in our cultural lives and in our imagination, and recalls his own lifetime’s relationship with these ephemeral creatures, beginning with his own experience of hunting and rearing butterflies as a boy.

Rainbow Dust is a celebration of butterflies; one shot through with a sense of wonder but also of sorrow at what we are losing.]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTRainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies by Peter Marren (EBook)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/1448190193/peter-marren/rainbow-dust-three-centuries-of-delight-in-british-butterflies/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/1448190193/Rainbow Dust explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. In this uniquely eloquent and deeply personal book, naturalist Peter Marren explores the special place that butterflies hold in our hearts, in our cultural lives and in our imagination, and recalls his own lifetime’s relationship with these ephemeral creatures, beginning with his own experience of hunting and rearing butterflies as a boy.

Rainbow Dust is a celebration of butterflies; one shot through with a sense of wonder but also of sorrow at what we are losing.]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTInvisible: The History of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics by Philip Ball (Paperback)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/0099590433/philip-ball/invisible-the-history-of-the-unseen-from-plato-to-particle-physics/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/0099590433/you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three.

But there's no need to feel guilty. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility: it points to realms beyond our senses, serves as a receptacle for fears and dreams, and hints at worlds where other rules apply. Invisibility is a mighty power and a terrible curse, a sexual promise, a spiritual condition.

This is a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. It takes on the myths and morals of Plato, the occult obsessions of the Middle Ages, the trickeries and illusions of stage magic, the auras and ethers of Victorian physics, military strategies to camouflage armies and ships and the discovery of invisibly small worlds.

From the medieval to the cutting-edge, fairy tales to telecommunications, from beliefs about the supernatural to the discovery of dark energy, Philip Ball reveals the universe of the invisible.]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTVillage of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France by Caroline Moorehead (Paperback)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/009955464x/caroline-moorehead/village-of-secrets-defying-the-nazis-in-vichy-france/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/009955464x/New York Times bestseller A Train in Winter comes the extraordinary story of a French village that helped save thousands who were pursued by the Gestapo during World War II.]]>A SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014From the author of the New York Times bestseller A Train in Winter comes the extraordinary story of a French village that helped save thousands who were pursued by the Gestapo during World War II.

High up in the mountains of the southern Massif Central in France lies a cluster of tiny, remote villages united by a long and particular history. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. As the victims of Nazi persecution flooded in – resisters, freemasons, communists and Jews, many of them children – the villagers united to keep them safe.

The story of why and how these villages came to save so many people has never been fully told. But several of the remarkable architects of the mission are still alive, as are a number of those they saved. Caroline Moorehead has sought out and interviewed many of the people involved in this extraordinary undertaking, and brings us their unforgettable testimonies. It is a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people come together to oppose tyranny.]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTIn a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (EBook)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/1473512344/ruth-ware/in-a-dark-dark-wood/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/1473512344/The next big thing in crime fiction - we've had toxic marriages, this is about toxic friendships]]>Someone's getting married. Someone's getting murdered.In a dark, dark wood Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was a dark, dark houseUntil, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her?And in the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark room

But something goes wrong. Very wrong.

And in the dark, dark room...

Some things can’t stay secret for ever.]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTIn a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (Hardback)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/1846558913/ruth-ware/in-a-dark-dark-wood/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/1846558913/The next big thing in crime fiction - we've had toxic marriages, this is about toxic friendships]]>Someone's getting married. Someone's getting murdered.In a dark, dark wood Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was a dark, dark houseUntil, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her?And in the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark room

But something goes wrong. Very wrong.

And in the dark, dark room....

Some things can’t stay secret for ever.]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTAlfie Outdoors by Shirley Hughes (Hardback)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/1782300317/shirley-hughes/alfie-outdoors/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/1782300317/Seeds are planted; the carrots are going to be a gift for a special friend of Alfie's. But there are suprises in store...

An exuberant celebration of love, mischief and a very childlike joie-de-vivre.

Emma Chichester Clark began the website Plumdog Blog in 2012, chronicling the real-life adventures of her lovable “whoosell” (whippet, Jack Russell and poodle cross), Plum. Emma soon gained thousands of loyal Plumdog devotees, and in 2014 a book of the blog was published by Jonathan Cape. This picture book story is the first Plumdog book for children.]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTEverything Sweet by Alex Hoffler and Stacey O’Gorman (Hardback)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/0224101056/alex-hoffler-and-stacey-o-gorman/everything-sweet/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/0224101056/Think raspberry & lemon layer cake decorated with splattered buttercream and Persian fairy floss. Flavoured honeycombs from hazelnut & coffee to rhubarb & rose. ‘CRACK’ brûlée tart with homemade vanilla bean paste. Coyo, mango and raspberry rockets and the MOTHER of all carrot cakes. This book is EVERYTHING SWEET - Meringue Girls-style.

Quirky chapters include Gifts, Gifts, Gifts, Cakes & Dreams, Ain’t no party like an MG party, Save room for dessert, Just add glitter and Back to basics.

These recipes share the Girls’ baking secrets. They burst with flavour, and are totally on trend. Get your glitter out and get inspired.]]>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTThe Bolt Supremacy: Inside Jamaica’s Sprint Factory by Richard Moore (Hardback)http://www.vintage-books.co.uk//books/0224092308/richard-moore/the-bolt-supremacy-inside-jamaica-s-sprint-factory/
http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/books/0224092308/

Of the ten fastest 100 metres times in history, eight belong to Jamaicans. How is it that a small Caribbean island has come to almost totally dominate the men’s and women’s sprint events? The Bolt Supremacy opens the doors on a community where sprinting dominates conversations and interactions; where the high school games are watched by 35,000 screaming fans; where identity, success and status are forged on the track, and making it is a pass to a world of adoration and lucrative contracts.

In such a society there is always the incentive for some to cheat. There are those who attribute Jamaican success to something beyond talent and hard work: drugs. Acclaimed writer Richard Moore doesn’t shy away from asking difficult questions as he travels the length of this beguiling country, talking to anti-doping agencies and sceptics as well as to the athletes, the trainers, the gurus and the hangers-on.]]>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT